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(No Model.)

D. E. POWERS.

CIGAR BOX.

Patented'i'eb. 16, 1886.

n. PETERS, Pholo-Lflhognpber, Washington. 0.6.

UNITED STATES DANIEL E. POWERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE PATENT PAPER' PATENT OFFICE.

.OIGAR BOX COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

-ClGAR-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,432, dated February 16, 1886.

Application filed July [0, 1885. Serial No. 171,162. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. PowERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference be ing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a cigar-box of sufficient strength to withstand the usual pressure incident to the packing of the cigars, and which can be produced economically and in a great variety of sizes without the use of expensive machinery.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the two blanks forming the sides and ends and comprising the body of the box, the ends of said blanks being folded. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of this improved cigar-box before the angle-strips are applied, one corner being broken away, showing a portion of one end and the bottom in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of this improved cigar-box, one half being represented as completed, the covering-paper being omitted from the other half in order to illustrate the joints more clearly, and a portion of one end being broken out. Fig. 4 is a plan view, on a smaller scale, of one of the two similar blanks designed to comprise a part of the box-body.

Similar letters have been applied to corresponding parts in the several figures.

Thisimproved cigar-box is composed of four pieces or blanks-to wit, two similar bodyblanks, A B, a bottom blank, 0, and a coverblank, D. These blanks are preferably cut from straw-board covered on one side with a layer of paper stamped in imitation of cedarwood. Each of the two similar body-blanks A and B consists of an elongated approximately-rectangular strip of a width equal to the height of the box to be formed, and of a length sufficient to compass one side of the box and twice the length of one end thereof. Each of these blanks is provided with two transverse scores, y z, and comprises a square or rectangular side section, a, designed to constitute one side of the box, and two square or rectangular end flaps, b 0, designed to constitute single layers at opposite ends of the box. Each of these blanks is preferably recessed at one edge between the scores, whereby the parts constituting the ends are made to extend above the sides, when the box is set up, a distance equal to the thickness of the blank, so that the cover will close between the ends of the box flush with the upper edge thereof. The end flaps, b, are longer than the end flaps, c, a distance equal to the thickness of the blank.

In setting up this improved cigar-box the end flaps, b c, are bent at right angles to the sides a, and the two blanks A B are then placed together in such a manner that the longer end flap, b, of the blank A overlaps the shorter end flap, c, of the blank B, and vice versa, the shorter end flaps, c, abutting at their inner ends against the inner faces of the sides a, and the longer end flaps, I), being flush at their outer ends with the outer faces of said sides. The end flaps, c, thus'constitute braces stiffening the sides of the box, while, together with the end flaps, b, they constitute double ends and greatly strengthen the box. The rectangular bottom-blank O is fitted to the body thus formed, being preferably placed inside said body with its lower surface flush with the lower edge of said body. The cover-blank D is hinged to the upper edge of one of the sides, preferably by means of two strips, d, of cotton cloth, glued to the opposite faces of the joint. A fastener, E, of any suitable con struction, is attached to the cover and the front side of the box. "The joints of the'box are covered on its exterior by strips 6, of ornamental paper, in the usual manner, and the interior of the box may be lined, as desired.

A box thus constructed is strong, stiff, durable, and symmetrical, and can be produced cheaply and in a great variety of sizes without the use of expensive machinery for each distinct size.

I claim as my invention- 1. A rectangular cigar-box having ends of double thickness, the sides and ends of said box being composed of two similar blanks, each blank comprising a side and one layer of each end, one end layer of each of said blanks and the other end layer of the same blank being respectively outside and inside the adjacent end layers of the other blank, substantially as described.

2. A cigar-box having ends of double thickness, the sides and ends of said box being con1- posed of two similar blanks, each blank comprising a side and'two end layers, one end layer of each of the blanks being shorter by the thickness of the material than the other end layer of the same blank, substantially as described.

3. A cigar-box having ends of double thickness, the sides and ends of said box being composed of two similar blanks, each blank comprising one side and one layer of each end, and each of said blanks being recessed between its end layers or flaps, substantially as described.

4. A blank for cigar-boxes, consisting of a rectangular strip provided with two transverse scores, and comprising a rectangular side section and two rectangular end sections at opposite ends of said side section, said side section being recessed at one edge between said scores, substantially as described.

5. A cigar-box having ends of double thickness, the sides and ends of said box being composed of two similar blanks, each blank con1- prising a side and one layer of each end, one end layer of each of the blanks being shorter by the thickness of the material than the other end layer of the same blank, and the sides being recessed the thickness of the cover between the ends, s ubstantially as described.

DANIEL E. POWERS.

V itnesses:

DANIEL J. LYONS, MARY V. B. CHASE. 

